• Resolved nichere

    (@nichere)


    I am currently using W3 Total Cache. But it is not helping much

    There are a host of performance issues.

    Can I run Autoptimize together with W3 Total Cache? or just run one?

    How to fix all these issues?

    Thanks for your help.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    yes you can use them together as you’re not using W3TC to optimize your JS & CSS and AO should be able to solve at least some of the performance problems yes (can’t give specifics as you didn’t provide a list of issues and pagespeed which I presume you’re using is down for me at the moment).

    have a nice day!
    frank

    Thread Starter nichere

    (@nichere)

    Hi, Thanks for you help with this, here is the lighthouse report.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Z74u1iFhHug-STQGJS5AGp8hxK-zqwS/view?usp=sharing

    If i install Autoptimize, which functions do i need to enable and not enable?

    Thank you

    Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    Most important thing; ask your host to ensure your site is using HTTP/2 instead of the much less efficient old HTTP 1.1, this is not something AO (or any plugin) can fix for you.

    For render-blocking JavaScript; use default settings (“don’t aggregate but defer” + “also defer inline JS”).

    For render-blocking CSS; have a look at the “eliminate render-blocking CSS” option, but do take into account you’ll have to either;

    a) generate & copy/paste the “above the fold CSS” in the field below (more info in the AO FAQ, look for “inline & defer CSS”) OR
    b) create manual rules on the “critical CSS” tab (generating critical css for each rule) OR
    c) take a subscription over at criticalcss and paste your API in the field on the critical CSS tab

    For images you could try the “optimize images” in AO (there is a limited free tier, but if this works for you, you’ll have to sign up at shortpixel).

    Additionally;
    * Facebook (chat?), Recaptcha, revolution slider, .. are integrations that have a significant performance impact, you might want to consider not using those
    * the total download size of the homepage is way too big (almost 6MB), the video is one of the big culprits there

    hope this helps,
    frank

    Thread Starter nichere

    (@nichere)

    Hi Frank

    before I start remove slider and videos. I have provided a list of all the plugins. Hoping you could suggest which plugins would be causing performance issues? Or they dont cause performance issue?

    HERE

    Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    well, I see recaptcha and revolution slider for example have a big front-end-performance impact.

    and having that many plugins active usually has a significant “performance cost” server-side.

    the homepage now is over 10MB by the way, that’s huge ..

    Thread Starter nichere

    (@nichere)

    Thank you

    would you say this is a good process?

    First I’m going to remove the slider and test performance

    remove videos then test performance

    remove captcha test perfmormance

    how about changing from yoast to slim seo?

    Plugin Author Optimizing Matters

    (@optimizingmatters)

    that looks like a good process yes.

    yoast is not a known “performance killer” so from that point of view i would not bother with it.

    Thread Starter nichere

    (@nichere)

    Ok Thanks for the information. I will get back to you when I get some updates

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